劳 (láo) means Work (exhausted - toil - service). Below are 22 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
劳 驾，请让一下。
Láo jià, qǐng ràng yíxià.
Excuse me, please let me through.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 劳驾
开车久了容易疲 劳 。
Kāi chē jiǔ le róngyì píláo.
Driving for a long time makes you tired.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 疲劳
不要妄想不 劳 而获。
Bú yào wàngxiǎng bù láo ér huò.
Do not vainly hope for gain without effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 妄想
运动可以消除疲 劳 。
Yùndòng kěyǐ xiāochú píláo.
Exercise can dispel fatigue.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消除
他从不提自己的功 劳 。
Tā cóng bù tí zìjǐ de gōngláo.
He never mentions his own contribution.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功劳
劳 动创造了美好的生活。
Láodòng chuàngzào le měihǎo de shēnghuó.
Labour has created a good life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 创造
劳 驾，这个座位有人吗？
Láo jià, zhège zuòwèi yǒu rén ma?
Excuse me, is this seat taken?
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 劳驾
休息一下可以缓解疲 劳 。
Xiūxi yíxià kěyǐ huǎnjiě píláo.
A short rest relieves fatigue.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 疲劳
您年纪大了，别太操 劳 。
Nín niánjì dà le, bié tài cāoláo.
You are getting on in years; don't work yourself too hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操劳
作品歌颂了普通 劳 动者。
Zuòpǐn gēsòng le pǔtōng láodòngzhě.
The work extols ordinary working people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歌颂
监狱里也有学习和 劳 动。
Jiānyù lǐ yě yǒu xuéxí hé láodòng.
There is study and work in prison too.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监狱
勤 劳 的人从不抱怨辛苦。
Qínláo de rén cóng bù bàoyuàn xīnkǔ.
Hard-working people never complain of the effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勤劳
农民辛勤 劳 动了一整年。
Nóngmín xīnqín láodòng le yì zhěng nián.
The farmers laboured hard the whole year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辛勤
这次成功有他很大的功 劳 。
Zhè cì chénggōng yǒu tā hěn dà de gōngláo.
Much of the credit for this success is his.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功劳
他无耻地把功 劳 据为己有。
Tā wúchǐ de bǎ gōngláo jù wéi jǐ yǒu.
He shamelessly claimed the credit as his own.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无耻
母亲为这个家操 劳 了一辈子。
Mǔqīn wèi zhège jiā cāoláo le yíbèizi.
Mother toiled for this family all her life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操劳
学校号召大家参加义务 劳 动。
Xuéxiào hàozhào dàjiā cānjiā yìwù láodòng.
The school called on everyone to take part in voluntary work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 号召
他蔑视一切不 劳 而获的行为。
Tā mièshì yíqiè bù láo ér huò de xíngwéi.
He despises all gain without effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蔑视
他们靠勤 劳 的双手过上了好日子。
Tāmen kào qínláo de shuāngshǒu guò shàng le hǎo rìzi.
They made a good life with their own hard-working hands.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勤劳
机器把人从重体力 劳 动中解放出来。
Jīqì bǎ rén cóng zhòng tǐlì láodòng zhōng jiěfàng chūlái.
Machines free people from heavy physical labour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解放
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Questions about 劳
How is 劳 used in a sentence?
This page shows 22 sentences using 劳 (láo, "Work (exhausted - toil - service)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 劳 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 劳 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 劳 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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